Vanguard Group
Vanguard files for new ex-China emerging markets ETF
ASSET management giant Vanguard Group plans to launch a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) that will target emerging markets while excluding China, joining a growing niche shaped by investor debate over C...
Blackstone, Vanguard, Wellington to launch private markets fund
Traditional asset managers have been seeking ways to move beyond stock and bond funds into higher-margin businesses, including private equity and private credit
Vanguard’s record fee cuts tighten screws on BlackRock, Invesco
Vanguard estimates the move will generate US$350 million this year in investor savings – another phrase for lost revenue
Grocer Lulu’s US$1.72 billion Abu Dhabi IPO draws Vanguard, GIC
HYPERMARKET chain operator Lulu Retail Holdings’s US$1.72 billion Abu Dhabi initial public offering drew orders worth US$37 billion, including from global investors Vanguard Group and Singapore sovere...
Fidelity aims to break into an ETF market dominated by Vanguard
FIDELITY Investments is seeking clearance that would allow some of its best-known mutual funds to also operate as exchange-traded funds (ETF), becoming the largest firm to challenge Vanguard Group’s f...
Vanguard sells stake in Ant joint venture, accelerating China exit
VANGUARD Group unloaded its 49 per cent stake in a robo-advisory joint venture with Jack Ma-backed Ant Group, accelerating its exit from China’s 29 trillion yuan (S$5.45 trillion) mutual fund market.
Blackrock, fund managers brace for even more scrutiny over China
BLACKROCK, MSCI and other firms are bracing for tighter oversight following a congressional probe over investments in Chinese companies deemed to be national security threats and an executive order cu...
Vanguard to exit China funds JV with Ant, close Shanghai office: sources
US fund giant Vanguard Group is shutting its main Shanghai office and exiting from a joint venture with Ant Group, five sources with knowledge of the matter said, moves that will end its six-year pres...

BlackRock, Vanguard brace for a fresh year of Treasuries losses
[NEW YORK] Negative annual returns in US Treasuries are rare, and when they do pop up, for a generation they have always been followed by a rebound. BlackRock and Vanguard Group see that relationship ...